animal husbandry

animal husbandry
animal husbandman.
the science of breeding, feeding, and tending domestic animals, esp. farm animals.
[1915-20]

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Controlled cultivation, management, and production of domestic animals, including improvement of the qualities considered desirable by humans by means of breeding.

Animals are bred and raised for utility (e.g., food, fur), sport, pleasure, and research. See also beekeeping, dairy farming.

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